There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the bombings bore the hallmarks of Al Qaeda’s Iraq branch.

In the first blast in Baghdad, a parked car exploded in the Jihad neighborhood, killing seven and wounding 25, police said. A bombing in the Qahira neighborhood killed four and hurt about 20, while a blast killed three in the Zafaraniyah district. A fourth car bomb killed five
in the ­Binook neighborhood.